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British rowing club
Hinksey Sculling School
is a community
rowing
club on the
River Thames
for junior rowers. The club is unusual in the fact that it operates from three venues across
Oxfordshire
, England.
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The Sculling School runs as a charity in order to provide the facilities to the younger members
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and it was founded as the United Kingdom's first community program for rowing.
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Venues
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The first and original venue is for the beginners and is situated at the South Oxford Community Centre in Lake Street,
Oxford
, with some training on Hinksey Lake in
Hinksey Park
. The second venue (for club members aged in the 13 to 15 age bracket) is based at
St Edward's School
Boathouse on Godstow Road in
Oxford
, where it shares the boathouse with the
St Edward's School Boat Club
. The third and final venue (for club members aged in the 16 to 18 age bracket) is based at
Radley College
Boathouse in
Lower Radley
,
Abingdon
, where it shares the landing stage with the
Radley College Boat Club
.
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History
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The club was founded in February 1998 by John Broadhurst and Tom Collins and originally trained on the small Hinksey Lake before growing in size and then training the more experienced rowers at St Edward's and later Radley.
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In recent years, the club has had success at the
2022 British Rowing Junior Championships
and
2023 British Rowing Junior Championships
, which included winning two gold medals.
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The club also participate at the
Henley Royal Regatta
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and reached finals in 2021 and 2023.
Members have also won junior international honours at the
World Junior Rowing Championships
in 2022 and 2023, winning gold and silver medals. The 2023 Great Britain girl's eight was coached by Hinksey's chief coach, Bodo Schulenberg.
Alumni have gone on to join large successful British and American university rowing programmes, including
Oxford University Boat Club
,
Cambridge University Boat Club
,
Newcastle University Boat Club
,
University of California Berkeley
,
Stanford University
and
Syracuse University
.
Honours
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British champions
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Year
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Winning crew/s
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2022
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Open J16 2-, Women J18 8+
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2023
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Open J14 1x
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National Schools Champions
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Year
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Winning crew/s
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2022
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Open J18 2-
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2024
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Aylings Challenge Cup ChG.8+
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Henley Royal Regatta
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References
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United Kingdom rowing clubs
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Clubs
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Universities
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Oxford University
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Cambridge University
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Schools
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Notable per
freestanding article
policy & defunct
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